Chris' Camera Bag

A Photo Web log by Chris Young

Photo tour of Torstenson Center

With its woodlands, wetlands, prairies and location adjacent to the Pecatonica River, the Torstenson Family Youth Conservation Education Center is a hunting, fishing and birding paradise.

Take a look around the grounds:

Wood ducks make themselves at home on one of the property’s oxbow lakes.

Swamp sparrow nest

Sandhill cranes circle a marsh looking for a landing spot

Ferns and phlox carpet the forest floor

The Pecatonica River flows past the Torstenson Center

Blue-wing teal are visible from the log house

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